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“Untenable Situation”: UN Nuclear Agency Releases Report On Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Plant
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“Untenable Situation”: UN Nuclear Agency Releases Report On Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Plant

[ad_1] At the United Nations, Russia said it regretted that the report did not blame Ukraine for the attacks.Kyiv: The UN's atomic watchdog called Tuesday for a security zone to be set up around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is occupied by Russia, as the area was hit by fresh shelling.Russian troops seized control of the plant -- Europe's biggest atomic facility -- in March and there have been repeated attacks in the vicinity, sparking fears of a nuclear disaster."The current situation is untenable," the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a report after it sent inspectors to the plant last week."There is an urgent need for interim measures to prevent a nuclear accident... This can be achieved by the immediate establishment of a nuclear safety and securi...
Ukraine Says It Hit Targets In Region Where UN Nuclear Team Is Working
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Ukraine Says It Hit Targets In Region Where UN Nuclear Team Is Working

[ad_1] Ukraine's military said it had carried out strikes against Russian positions near a nuclear power plant.Kyiv: Ukraine's military said it had carried out strikes against Russian positions in the region around the southern town of Enerhodar on Friday, near a nuclear power plant where U.N. experts are working.The revelation by the armed forces' general staff was unusual, since the military rarely gives details of specific targets. A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency is gathering data at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, on the edge of Russian-occupied Enerhodar."It has been confirmed that in the region around the towns of Kherson and Enerhodar, precise strikes by our armed forces destroyed three enemy artillery systems as well as a warehouse with ammunition and u...